The chief executive officer of Starwood Capital Group provided his views on the global economy and where he sees investment opportunities in today’s markets. PERE Magazine, December 2011/January 2012 issue
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The $26bn retirement system also made a pair of commitments, totaling around $80m, to Leonard Green’s sixth fund and BC Partners’ ninth European capital fund.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Ian Brown, former head of European origination at Lloyds Bank, has been promoted to head of the UK bank’s corporate markets acquisition finance division.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The private equity model ‘follows an anticyclical trend to that of stock markets’, according to research from Golding Capital Partners.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The ¥100bn Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund II is expected to be used predominantly for investments in the country’s debt space with a view to taking controlling positions.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Beset by debt and under siege from city hall, the head of the Orlando Orange toll agency has handed in his resignation. But the project that brought him down – the Wekiva 25-mile toll road – is unlikely to be procured as a PPP.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-based firm has made early headway in its capital raising efforts for its second Japan-focused opportunity fund. The ¥100bn Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund II is expected to be used predominantly for investments in the country’s debt space with a view to taking controlling positions.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
A start-up organisation is aiming to loosen resistance to tolling on Capitol Hill. Private investment in public infrastructure would be part of the discussion.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Lexington Partners’ founder Brent Nicklas has spent the last 20 years trying to create LP-friendly products – and in doing so, has built one of world’s biggest secondaries managers. In a rare interview, he tells James Taylor that it’s time for private equity to start focusing exclusively on its most important constituency: investors
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Next year, one of these Republicans hopes to replace Barack Obama as US President. With financial regulation and taxation high on the political agenda, who would be the best bet for the private equity industry?
6 min read · 15 January 2013
